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Al-Hikmah Varsity gives scholarship to SS2 student

From Our Correspondent Authorities of Al-Hikmah University have expressed excitement with the victory of Miss Hikmah AbdulKareem, SS2 student, at the just concluded TVC Women Network debate organised for secondary. Vice Chancellor, Prof. Noah Yusuf at a brief reception for the winner at Ilorin announced scholarship and automatic employment for the 14-year-old girl of Al-Hikmah […]

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Basic Education

KNSG dangles N20k carrots to boost schoolgirls enrolment

From Our Correspondent in Kano Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has announced a N20,000 stipend as bait for schoolgirls to encourage enrolment in schools. Yusuf made the announcement on Sunday in his Independence Day speech at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata, Kano. He said more than 45,000 schoolgirls would benefit from the pilot […]

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Basic Education Environment

OYSG warns against encroachment into govt school land

From Our Correspondent  The Oyo State government has warned trespassers against encroaching into land belonging to public schools across the state. The Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Prof. Abdulwaheed Adelabu, gave the warning while on a routine visit to St. Agnes Basic School, Iluju, Ogbomoso on Friday in Oyo State. Adelabu decried the alarming […]

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Basic Education Uncategorized

Poor turnout as Lagos schools resume 2023/24 session

By Our Correspondent Public and private schools in many areas of Lagos experienced a very low turnout of students as schools resumed the 2023/2024 academic session on Monday, TheNewsZenith reports. Our correspondent visited schools in Mushin, Yaba, Lagos Mainland and Apapa among others to observe the schools’ resumption. The correspondent noticed a few parents dropping […]

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Basic Education

TESCOM inducts 124 VPs in Ogun schools

From Our Correspondent Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has inducted 124 Vice Principals as managers and administrators, to ensure more efficiency in the running of public secondary schools in the state. Inducting the new VPs at Abeokuta Grammar School, TESCOM Chairman, Mr Olalekan Ifede charged them to compliment the efforts of their respective Principals. […]

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Basic Education

Lawmaker donates laptops to 4,274 students in Kano

A member of the House of Representatives, Abubakar Abubakar (APC-Kano), has donated laptop and desktop computers and other educational materials to 4,274 secondary school students in his constituency. The NewsZenith reports that Abubakar, representing Bichi Federal Constituency of Kano State, presented the items to the beneficiaries on Wednesday in Bichi. He said that the gesture […]

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Basic Education Health

Expert highlights impediments to proper menstrual hygiene

A medical doctor, Dr Gbemisola Daramola, says poor menstrual education, both in schools and at home, remained a big challenge facing the girlchild in Nigeria. Daramola made this known at a sensitisation programme on menstrual hygiene in Ibadan, Oyo State. The programme is organised by Female Professionals’ Book Club, a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO). Organised for selected […]

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Basic Education Law / Crime

Electrocution: Food vendor absolves self from student’s death

By Our Correspondent Ademoye Adewale, a food vendor, contracted by Chrisland School to prepare snacks for its students during inter-house sports, has denied his tools caused electrocution of its student, Whitney Adeniran. Adewale made the denial told a Corona inquest during cross-examination  before the Corona, Mrs Oyenike Fajana, on Monday in Lagos. He said that […]

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Basic General

Yobe donates food, other items to 475 Almajiri schools

The Yobe Emergency Management Agency (YSEMA) has begun the distribution of food and non-food items to 475 Almajiri schools across the state. The word “Almajiri” is derived from the Arabic “Al-Muhajirun,” meaning “an emigrant”. It refers to a person who migrates from his home in search of Islamic knowledge. The term also refers to any […]

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Basic Education

Banditry: Plateau shuts 8 schools, parents lament

No fewer than eight public primary schools have been closed intwo local government areas of Plateau State over attacks and killings by bandits. Investigations revealed that the schools affected include the LEA Primary School, Pinau community; LEA Primary School, Gumbi; LEA Primary School in Bangalala community and the LEA Primary School in New Zak community, […]

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